User talk:Queerboybait
Your username is the only reason for this block. You are welcome to choose a new username (see below).
A username should not be promotional, related to a "real-world" group or organization, misleading, offensive or disruptive. Also, usernames may not end in the word "bot" unless the account is an approved bot account.
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{{unblock|Your reason here}}
, but you should read our guide to appealing blocks first. Alexf(talk) 11:30, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
Queerboybait (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
You blocking me for identifying myself as queer is anachronistically homophobic.
Decline reason:
This is not a valid unblock request. SQLQuery me! 03:21, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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Queerboybait (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
so is it the word "queer" that you have a problem with? If it were "gay" would you be ok with it?
Decline reason:
I am afraid not. "Gayboybait" would also be seen as a disruptive username. (Part of the problem is that "bait" can have multiple meanings in English. When I first saw your current username, I actually assumed it was intended to be homophobic, as in: "I bait the queers".) Personally I'm of the opinion that a less ambiguous and more neutral username such as User:Iamgay would be acceptable, but any username that appears to be a deliberate challenge to other editors (like your current one) is, I'm afraid, considered disruptive. Yunshui 雲水 08:02, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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Queerboybait (block log • active blocks • global blocks • autoblocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Requested username:
Accept reason:
Thanks for your explanation, Yunshui.
I would advise that you read the relevant portion of the username policy that you were linked earlier. SQLQuery me! 07:37, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Queerboybait (block log • active blocks • global blocks • contribs • deleted contribs • filter log • creation log • change block settings • unblock • checkuser (log))
Request reason:
I read it when I was initially blocked. I am still not sure why I'm being blocked. If it is for the word "queer" it is a widely used word, even being part of the acronym LGBTQ.
Decline reason:
Yunshui has described it clearly. If you don't understand the username policy or how your username may be construed as offensive (excluding the use of queer) then we cannot unblock you out of ignorance of the rules. Mkdwtalk 09:21, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
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- Please stop using the unblock request template to hold a conversation. Abuse of the unblock request system may result in your talk page being locked. SQLQuery me! 08:34, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
- Have you considered selecting a username which does not mention your sexual orientation?--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Why should he? If I renamed myself to "Ladies' Man", would it be inappropriate? Or "happy heterosexual"? But "Queer" is one of those right on the edge; still, I think the new name is just fine. --jpgordon::==( o ) 21:06, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- I did not say that he should; I simply thought that it might lead to less hassle if he did. --Anthony Bradbury"talk" 09:45, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
- Why should he? If I renamed myself to "Ladies' Man", would it be inappropriate? Or "happy heterosexual"? But "Queer" is one of those right on the edge; still, I think the new name is just fine. --jpgordon::==( o ) 21:06, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
- Have you considered selecting a username which does not mention your sexual orientation?--Anthony Bradbury"talk" 19:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)